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CONTRmUTE TO -THE PROSCR~PT JOIN
COMMUNITY COTILLION
FUND CLUB
Vol. 4, No.3
Horace Bass
Killed In Pacific
R. P. I.'s First Known
Victim of War
Horace A. Bass, former R.P.I .
student, has been killed recently
ill the sou thern Pacific according
to B . H . van Oot, director of th~
S tate Board of Trade and Indus­trial
Education. The outstanding
s tudent, who joined the Naval
A ir Force early in 1941, is the
first known alumnus to be a vic­tim
of World War U.
Horace attended R,P.I. from
September :l933 to June 1937_
His c.hief studies were in por­trait
and commercial work in
which he was especially talented'.
His energy and a ttractiveness
made him a popular and well
known personality.
Previously. he had attende~
Jefferson High School, Roanok e,
where he was active in the chem­istry
club, draJmatics club, K .A.
fraternity, freshman softball, a.nd
annual staff. He a lsO att ended
Roanoke College for two years.
After graduating at R.P.I ., he
taught industrial arts in the Ro­lanoke
Public Schools. He has r e­turned
for several visits to this
iDstitute and has been respon­s
ible for several students attend­ing
it.
Horace was born on Septem­ber
22, 1915, tlhe son of Mr. Hor­ace
A. Bass of the Norfolk and
western Railway and Mrs. Min­nie
Bass.
Public Health Nurses
Given Certificates
Twenty-five students reported
for a final conference on four
months field work to the public
health nursing office last week.
Their experience had included
two months with the Instructive
Visiting Nurse Association in
Richmond, Arlirlgton, or Wash­ington,
or the clinics of the
Medical College of Virginia; two
months urban and rural experi­ence
in the Anna Arendal Coun­ty,
Maryland, Orange - P erson
Health District North Carolina,
or selected county departments
in Virginia .
The following students comp­leted
the year's course in theory
and practice and were awarded
certificates :
Alston, Edith, North Caronna.;
Browder, Effie, Virginia; Cain,
Stella, South Carolina; Fleet­wood,
Ruth, North carolina;
Guthrie, Marion, Virginia ; Guth­rie,
Willie, Washington, D. C.;
Harison, Elsie, Virginia; Hern-
!
ANNE P_ MORGAN
Anne Morgan Plays
Hay Fever Siren
When the gay, irr esponsible,
and slightly screwy Bliss family
in Noel Coward's "Hay Fever"
come to life in the Gymnasium
Theatre on October 28 and 29
through the efforts of the Thea­t
re Associates, Anne Morgan as
Myra Arunda l, a week-end guest
will keep them stepping.
cast as a lively lady from
Mayfair whom Mr. Coward de­scribes
as stretching liberty to
its utmost limits. Miss Morgan
succeeds in stretching 0 the r
things during the week-end,
namely her affections. She suc­ceeds
in tran&ferring them from
the father to a diplomat with one
pound ten.
As a newcomer to the Theatre
Associates last year, Miss Mor­gan
made a name for herself by
outstanding perfQrmances in four
of the major productions, which
included Ladies In Retirement,
(Continued on page 4)
don, Lola Smith, Okla homa;
Homer, Rosamond, Florida; King,
Bertha, Florida; Lane, Myrtle,
North Carolina; Lewis, Ka therine,
North Carolina; Markham, Tullu­lah,
Florida; Nelson, Edna, Flori­da;
Cresswell, Catherine, Wash­ington,
D. C.; Pou, Harrie Eliza­beth,
South Carolina ; Richards,
Mildred, New Hampshire; Rogers,
Ilene, Florida; Silberger, Thel­ma,
Virginia; Tucker, Ruby Rose,
Florida; Ugiansky, Ann, Mary­land;
Vaughn, Joseph'ne. Vir ­ginia
; Wa tson, Jane F elder, South
Carolina; Williams, Evelyn, South
Carolina.
of Wi-lh-am and M Thurs" Oct. 8, 1942 /
Students To Aid War Effort
As Recreational Leaders
Richmond Social Agencies Offer
Experience To Aspirant Group Workers
To meet Richmond's g rowing demands for morale-building
recreational activities, 31 R. P . 1. students who are majoring in the
applied social sciences began doing field work in group leadership
on October first. Mrs. Washer r eports that each of these students
Cotillion Club Plans
Rush Week Activities
All girls who like mUSiC, dan­cing,
and other SOCial activities
at R.P.I. have marked Wednes­day,
Thursday, Friday, and Sa­turda,
y, of this week as r-ed letter
days on their calendars because
i t's the rush week of the Cotil­lion
ClUb. All old students,
transfers, and freshmen wil}"'. be
asked to join the club during this
period.
The Cotillion Club is the only
one of its kind in the schOOl.
Each year two forma~ dances are
~ iven at local botels in town. The
:i-:l.nces '8.re boy-break, and have
1.lways been t!h.e high spots of
social life at R .P.I. Teas and par­ties
are also given.
Special ribbons will be worn
by new members - during rush
week. They ma y be obtained in
Elayne Goldman's room in 827 or
,1 the desk in 901 during the
twenty minute period. The for­mal
initiation will be held next
T uesday night, followed by a tea
to be given by Mrs. Chalkley,
~ ponsor of ,the club.
The dues are one dollar each
"lemester plus a doJar irlitiation
fee, which may be paid to the
secretary, Liza Cox, during the
twenty minute period each day.
The members of the cotillion
Club are proud to open their
membership to girls who are in­terested
in joining a nd hope they
will enjoy the many. activities
planned for the coming year.
Memo Pad
Duck Week. .... Beginning Monday
Forty Second Annual Convention
of the Graduate Nurses
... of America
Hotel J ohn Marshall, October 8,
9, 10, 1942
Hay Fever, Gymnasium Theatre
October 28-29
are working from three to twen­ty
hours weekly and, in most in­stances,
will continue this sche­dule
throughout the year. While
gaining valua ble practical ex­perience
and a pplying class-room
theory to actual leadership situ­ations
these students are also
making a worthwhile contribu­tion
to our war effort by leading
recreational act ivities .
Gwendolyn Marshfield, a sec­ond-
year graduate student, is
working h a lf-time at the Wil­liam
Byrd Community House.
She will be the leader for the
Women's League, the Girl Scout
Troop, and other groups . Scotia
Mozingo will have chargt: of the
girls' sports program in this
same a gency . In line with our
current need for child car e, Bet­sy
Williams will have a story­play
group for younger children
and Sa lly P owell will have a
music program for the nursery
school toddlers. Mary Anne Ha ll­mark
and Betty Donahue will be
leaders for t een-:age g4'ls" clubs
and Louise Albersheim will work
with a co-ed evening group.
Margaret Bean , a first-year
graduate student, has a fellow­s
hip with the Girl Scout Office
and will have administrative re·
sponsibilities as well as experi­ence
in leading Brownie and in­termediate
troops. Other students
working with" the Girl Scout
Agency are Frances Danto who
will work with a troop at the
Council Neighborhood House, and
J ean Terry who will work with
a Brownie troop at the J ohn B.
Cary Schoo1.
A number of students are
working in the various depart­ments
of the y_ W_ C_ A_ Euge­nia
Eve, a first-year graduate
student, will help with the orga­nization
of a new group for
young girls working in industry.
Marguerite Jennings will be the
leader for the Jolly Y Club and
the Playmakers in the Industrial
Department. Dorothy Price will
have a club of young business
girls, a Girl Reserve Club, and
a r ecreational dance group in the
Sen for Hobby House. Other stu­dents
acting as advisers for Girl
Reserve Clubs include Marion
(Continued on page 3)

Published by the students of the Richmond Professional Institute, College of William and Mary (1940-1947); The Richmond Professional Institute and Virginia Polytechnic Institute cooperating (1947-1955); Richmond Professional Institute of the Colege of William and Mary <1955-1962>; Richmond Professional Institute, Sept. 21, 1962-May 24, 1968; Virginia Commonwealth University, Sept. 20, 1968-May 23, 1969.

CONTRmUTE TO -THE PROSCR~PT JOIN
COMMUNITY COTILLION
FUND CLUB
Vol. 4, No.3
Horace Bass
Killed In Pacific
R. P. I.'s First Known
Victim of War
Horace A. Bass, former R.P.I .
student, has been killed recently
ill the sou thern Pacific according
to B . H . van Oot, director of th~
S tate Board of Trade and Indus­trial
Education. The outstanding
s tudent, who joined the Naval
A ir Force early in 1941, is the
first known alumnus to be a vic­tim
of World War U.
Horace attended R,P.I. from
September :l933 to June 1937_
His c.hief studies were in por­trait
and commercial work in
which he was especially talented'.
His energy and a ttractiveness
made him a popular and well
known personality.
Previously. he had attende~
Jefferson High School, Roanok e,
where he was active in the chem­istry
club, draJmatics club, K .A.
fraternity, freshman softball, a.nd
annual staff. He a lsO att ended
Roanoke College for two years.
After graduating at R.P.I ., he
taught industrial arts in the Ro­lanoke
Public Schools. He has r e­turned
for several visits to this
iDstitute and has been respon­s
ible for several students attend­ing
it.
Horace was born on Septem­ber
22, 1915, tlhe son of Mr. Hor­ace
A. Bass of the Norfolk and
western Railway and Mrs. Min­nie
Bass.
Public Health Nurses
Given Certificates
Twenty-five students reported
for a final conference on four
months field work to the public
health nursing office last week.
Their experience had included
two months with the Instructive
Visiting Nurse Association in
Richmond, Arlirlgton, or Wash­ington,
or the clinics of the
Medical College of Virginia; two
months urban and rural experi­ence
in the Anna Arendal Coun­ty,
Maryland, Orange - P erson
Health District North Carolina,
or selected county departments
in Virginia .
The following students comp­leted
the year's course in theory
and practice and were awarded
certificates :
Alston, Edith, North Caronna.;
Browder, Effie, Virginia; Cain,
Stella, South Carolina; Fleet­wood,
Ruth, North carolina;
Guthrie, Marion, Virginia ; Guth­rie,
Willie, Washington, D. C.;
Harison, Elsie, Virginia; Hern-
!
ANNE P_ MORGAN
Anne Morgan Plays
Hay Fever Siren
When the gay, irr esponsible,
and slightly screwy Bliss family
in Noel Coward's "Hay Fever"
come to life in the Gymnasium
Theatre on October 28 and 29
through the efforts of the Thea­t
re Associates, Anne Morgan as
Myra Arunda l, a week-end guest
will keep them stepping.
cast as a lively lady from
Mayfair whom Mr. Coward de­scribes
as stretching liberty to
its utmost limits. Miss Morgan
succeeds in stretching 0 the r
things during the week-end,
namely her affections. She suc­ceeds
in tran&ferring them from
the father to a diplomat with one
pound ten.
As a newcomer to the Theatre
Associates last year, Miss Mor­gan
made a name for herself by
outstanding perfQrmances in four
of the major productions, which
included Ladies In Retirement,
(Continued on page 4)
don, Lola Smith, Okla homa;
Homer, Rosamond, Florida; King,
Bertha, Florida; Lane, Myrtle,
North Carolina; Lewis, Ka therine,
North Carolina; Markham, Tullu­lah,
Florida; Nelson, Edna, Flori­da;
Cresswell, Catherine, Wash­ington,
D. C.; Pou, Harrie Eliza­beth,
South Carolina ; Richards,
Mildred, New Hampshire; Rogers,
Ilene, Florida; Silberger, Thel­ma,
Virginia; Tucker, Ruby Rose,
Florida; Ugiansky, Ann, Mary­land;
Vaughn, Joseph'ne. Vir ­ginia
; Wa tson, Jane F elder, South
Carolina; Williams, Evelyn, South
Carolina.
of Wi-lh-am and M Thurs" Oct. 8, 1942 /
Students To Aid War Effort
As Recreational Leaders
Richmond Social Agencies Offer
Experience To Aspirant Group Workers
To meet Richmond's g rowing demands for morale-building
recreational activities, 31 R. P . 1. students who are majoring in the
applied social sciences began doing field work in group leadership
on October first. Mrs. Washer r eports that each of these students
Cotillion Club Plans
Rush Week Activities
All girls who like mUSiC, dan­cing,
and other SOCial activities
at R.P.I. have marked Wednes­day,
Thursday, Friday, and Sa­turda,
y, of this week as r-ed letter
days on their calendars because
i t's the rush week of the Cotil­lion
ClUb. All old students,
transfers, and freshmen wil}"'. be
asked to join the club during this
period.
The Cotillion Club is the only
one of its kind in the schOOl.
Each year two forma~ dances are
~ iven at local botels in town. The
:i-:l.nces '8.re boy-break, and have
1.lways been t!h.e high spots of
social life at R .P.I. Teas and par­ties
are also given.
Special ribbons will be worn
by new members - during rush
week. They ma y be obtained in
Elayne Goldman's room in 827 or
,1 the desk in 901 during the
twenty minute period. The for­mal
initiation will be held next
T uesday night, followed by a tea
to be given by Mrs. Chalkley,
~ ponsor of ,the club.
The dues are one dollar each
"lemester plus a doJar irlitiation
fee, which may be paid to the
secretary, Liza Cox, during the
twenty minute period each day.
The members of the cotillion
Club are proud to open their
membership to girls who are in­terested
in joining a nd hope they
will enjoy the many. activities
planned for the coming year.
Memo Pad
Duck Week. .... Beginning Monday
Forty Second Annual Convention
of the Graduate Nurses
... of America
Hotel J ohn Marshall, October 8,
9, 10, 1942
Hay Fever, Gymnasium Theatre
October 28-29
are working from three to twen­ty
hours weekly and, in most in­stances,
will continue this sche­dule
throughout the year. While
gaining valua ble practical ex­perience
and a pplying class-room
theory to actual leadership situ­ations
these students are also
making a worthwhile contribu­tion
to our war effort by leading
recreational act ivities .
Gwendolyn Marshfield, a sec­ond-
year graduate student, is
working h a lf-time at the Wil­liam
Byrd Community House.
She will be the leader for the
Women's League, the Girl Scout
Troop, and other groups . Scotia
Mozingo will have chargt: of the
girls' sports program in this
same a gency . In line with our
current need for child car e, Bet­sy
Williams will have a story­play
group for younger children
and Sa lly P owell will have a
music program for the nursery
school toddlers. Mary Anne Ha ll­mark
and Betty Donahue will be
leaders for t een-:age g4'ls" clubs
and Louise Albersheim will work
with a co-ed evening group.
Margaret Bean , a first-year
graduate student, has a fellow­s
hip with the Girl Scout Office
and will have administrative re·
sponsibilities as well as experi­ence
in leading Brownie and in­termediate
troops. Other students
working with" the Girl Scout
Agency are Frances Danto who
will work with a troop at the
Council Neighborhood House, and
J ean Terry who will work with
a Brownie troop at the J ohn B.
Cary Schoo1.
A number of students are
working in the various depart­ments
of the y_ W_ C_ A_ Euge­nia
Eve, a first-year graduate
student, will help with the orga­nization
of a new group for
young girls working in industry.
Marguerite Jennings will be the
leader for the Jolly Y Club and
the Playmakers in the Industrial
Department. Dorothy Price will
have a club of young business
girls, a Girl Reserve Club, and
a r ecreational dance group in the
Sen for Hobby House. Other stu­dents
acting as advisers for Girl
Reserve Clubs include Marion
(Continued on page 3)